Is there a relationship that brings a man deep contentment? Confidence? Safety and protection? Security? Gladness? Pleasure and delight? Gratitude? Profound joy?
For the past 2 years, I’ve been studying one man who seems to have found it. Even in the midst of terrible circumstances, this relationship kept him unshakeable.
The shepherd-king, David, in the 16th Psalm, speaks of the relationship that brings him all of the things in the first sentence above, and more.
When doubts and threats came, David KNEW where the Lord was: right next to him. This knowing brought him a glad heart, rejoicing, and a body that rested in safety.
David knew the Lord would show him the way, providing perfect guidance.
David knew the Lord would grant him the joy of His presence and the pleasure of living with Him forever, no matter what happened to him. This presence would not leave him and could not be taken from him, bringing him deep confidence, hope, and assurance even in the darkest nights.
David asks for safety; he KNEW to whom he had come to ask this and asks with confidence because of WHO he is asking.
David brings complete gratitude in saying and believing that “Every good thing I have comes from you.”
The best that David is experiencing, his inheritance, is already being realized in the blessings and favor he experiences through his relationship with God. This relationship is his greatest possession and his highest source of joy.
For David, his safety, protection, pleasure, delight, confidence, gladness, hope, contentment and joy are ultimately found in his relationship with God, who to him, is the source of all good things.
What relationship in your life brings you the most confidence? The most contentment, hope, and joy? The most gratitude? The deepest security?
If you can’t find a solid answer, then I’d encourage you to move towards what David KNEW and EXPERIENCED…Ask God for this relationship. I am confident he will show you and you will experience what it is like to have this relationship with Him.
“You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.” Psalm 16:11 NLT
Thoughts?
Alex Gerber
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